Contents:
Help for Making Your Own Home Page Economic Data Economics Sites Economist Blogs Economists and Economics Departments Geography Health Maps Misc Movies News Publishers	Puzzles Radio Rankings Reviews Search Engines Shopping Tools Top Web Sites Travel U of M Information Weather Whimsy

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Help for Making Your Own Home Page

• Sources for learning HTML: w3schools HTML Tutorial | HTMLGoodies HTML Primer | HTML Code Tutorial
• ESR's Sample Web Page instructions and tools to get folks on the web
• HTML Document Character Set
• HTML Element Index
• Java 2, API Specification Class String
• Javascript Tutorial |
• U of M Web Services | FAQs | CGI Programs (inc. Counter)
• Free Homepage Sites:
  • GeoCities
  • Homestead
  • Tripod

Economics Sites

• Economic Report of the President
• Economics and Finance Links (Irigoien & Perez de Calleja) Includes multiple country data sources
• Encyclopedia of Economics from Library of Economics and Liberty
• JSTOR (Economics and Other Journals)
• JIE (via ScienceDirect)
• FINWeb (Financial Economics Web Site)
• Dr. T's EconLinks
• Inomics (Internet Site for Economists)
• Marginal Revolution (Economics blog)
• PoET (Prices of Economics Textbooks)
• RePEc Research Papers in Economics
• UAUJE (University Avenue Undergraduate Journal in Economics)

Economist Blogs

• DeLong, Brad
• Mankiw, Greg
• Roubini, Nouriel

Economists and Economics Departments

• Departments with Ph.D. programs
• Departments outside U.S.
• Departments, Institutes, and Research Centers in the World (EDIRC)
• Rankings of Departments:
  NRC National Research Council
  econphd.net Rankings by subdiscipline
  EI 96 Economic Inquiry 1996
  Coupe Revealed performance
  RePec Top 1000 economists at RePec, 1990-2000
  Coupe Nobel 1 Top 1000 by publications, 1969-2000
  Coupe Nobel 2 Top 1000 by citations, 1975-2000

Economic Data

• Statistical Resources on the Web, Comprehensive Economics (University of Michigan Documents Center)
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (Commerce Dept) National Accounts Data - GDP etc. | Survey of Current Business
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (Labor Dept) Employment, Prices, Wages etc. | Definitions (Handbook of Methods)
• BLS Most Requested Series (e.g., Unemployment, CPI, by year)
• Census Bureau Statistics
• CIA: World Fact Book (Country Information) | Handbook of Int'l Economic Stats.
• Data Classification Systems
• Dismal Scientist Economic Data
• Economagic Economic Time Series
• Economic Report of the President | Statistical tables
• Federal Reserve Board | Statistics
• Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) (St. Louis Fed) Interest rates, etc.
• Global Insight Data source subscribed to by U of M
• ICPSR Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
• International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO) | Market Analysis Services
• International Trade Resources (from Jon Haveman)
• LocalCensus.com Census data
• NationMaster Interactive country comparisons
• NBER Online Data
• Office of Management and Budget Federal Budget Publications
• Stat-USA (US Dept of Commerce)
• Survey of Current Business
• Surveys of Consumers University of Michigan (Consumer sentiment, expectations, etc.)
• Tradeport | Country Library
• U.S. Tariff Schedule
• World Bank Data
• WorldData from Economist Intelligence Unit
• WTO International Trade Statistics

Geography

• GDP Globe GDP by longitude and lattitude
• Places by shape: 50 States | Europe | Africa | Middle East and South Asia
• Traveler IQ Challenge Addictive test of geography knowledge (& through FaceBook)

Health

• HealthFinder Guide to health websites

Maps

• GlobeXplorer (maps and views the globe)
• Google Maps
• Mapland mapping software
• Mapquest street maps
• Maps.com map store
• Perry Castañeda Library Map Collection
• TerraServer Earth from space
• Tiger Mapping Service U.S. Census Bureau

Misc

• Deardorff.Com (Brian Deardorff)
• RateMyProfessor.com | UM Econ
• Truth or Fiction
• Sites that Ryan works at (or has worked at):
  DLESE
  Windows to the Universe

Movie Information

• Accademy Awards | Past Winners
• American Film Institute | Top 100 Movie Lists
• Ann Arbor, All
  • Briarwood Dollar Movies
  • Michigan Theater
  • Quality 16 via Goodrich
  • Showcase Cinema, Ann Arbor showtimes from MovieTickets.com
  • State Theater
  • Yahoo Movies for Ann Arbor
• Askwith Media Library (U of M)
• Ebert and Roeper and the Movies
• Emmy Awards
• Hollywood.Com
• Internet Movie Database Search
• Movie Finder from E-Online
• Movie Review Query Engine
• New York Times Movie Page
• Reel movies for sale and rent
• ReelViews reviews and criticism by James Berardinelli
• Rotten Tomatoes movie ratings

News Sources

• ABC News
• Academic Universe Lexis-Nexis (via UM)
• CBS News
• CNN
• The Economist | Proquest
• ESPN Sports
• Financial Times | Proquest
• Fortune
• Globalist
• MSNBC
• New York Times | NewsBank | NYT Magazine
• News Feeds: Topix.net
• Newsweek
• Proquest Full text of 10 newspapers (Available to U of M only)
• SI.com (Sports Illustrated)
• Time
• Trade News:
  • Bridges Weekly trade news digest from ICTSD
  • Trade Compass (Trade news and "daily brief")
  • World Trade Interacive (Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services, Inc.)
  • WTO News (From WTO website)
• U.S. News
• Wall Street Journal | Journal in Education Program | Proquest
• Washington Post

Publishers

• Academic Press
• Addison-Wesley
• Cambridge University Press
• Harcourt
• Harper Collins
• Irwin
• ( Journals)
• McGraw-Hill
• MIT Press
• Norton
• Prentice Hall
• Thomson Learning
• University of Michigan Press
• Wiley
• Westview Press
• World Scientific
• Worth Publishers

Search Engines

• Alta Vista
• Answers.com (formerly GuruNet)
• Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves)
• Excite
• Google
• Gurunet
• Hotbot
• Ixquick
• Metacrawler
• MSN Search
• Wisenut
• Yahoo

Shopping

• Amazon Books and much else
• Barnes and Noble Books
• Borders Books
• CDNow Music
• CD-Rom Outlet CD-Roms
• PCMall Computers
• Eating Places Ann Arbor, list and maps
• Reel Movies
• US Post Office Stamps

Research Tools

• 7-Fast UM library delivery service
• Academic Universe Lexis-Nexis (via UM)
• American Verse Project Poetry search
• Bartleby.com Great books online
• Dead People Server
• Dictionaries: Dictionary.com | TheFreeDictionary.com | OED (Oxford English Dictionary)
• Doodle Event scheduling tool
• ECONIS Online catalogue of the German National Library of Economics (ZBW)
• EconLit
• Encyclopedias Columbia Encyclopedia | Encyclopedia.com | Wikipedia
• FirstSearch (dissertations)
• Glossaries
• iTools, Lots of tools
• JSTOR | Economics
• JIE (via ScienceDirect)
• Kiel Institute Library
• MIRLYN Michigan Research Library Network | University Library Electronic Journals and Newspapers
• Past Masters English literature search
• Proquest Journals, Magazines, and Newspapapers (UM only)
• ProQuest Digital Dissertations
• Science Direct, Economics (includes North Holland Journals)
• Social Science Citation Index
• Survey Monkey Create surveys

Puzzles

• ClickMazes Free mazes and puzzles from Andrea Gilbert.
• New York Times Free sample crosswords, quizzes, subscription to premium puzzles.
• Newsday Free daily crosswords and archive.
• MSNBC: Crossword | Sudoku
• Puzzles.Com .
• Ray Hamel Page Huge list of links to puzzles.
• Sudoku Puzzle sites: Sudoku.com.au / Sudoku.cc / Free-sudoku.net / websudoku.com /
• Washington Post Four free crosswords.

Radio

• AOL Music (formerly spinner.com)
• Classical Live Online Radio
• Michigan Radio
• Yahoo Music

Rankings

• Cities: Sperlings BestPlaces | Morgan Quitno Awards
• Economics Departments
• Economists, top 1000 by Citations
• Movies
• Universities: Shanghai Rankings (World) | US News (US)

Reviews

• Wisdom, Jesus, and Psychotherapy

Top Web Sites

• Encyclopedia Britannica Internet Guide
• Top 101 Web Sites, from PC Magazine
• World Best Websites

Travel

• Northwest Airlines
• Orbitz
• United Airlines

University of Michigan Information

• Academic Calendar
• Campus Directory (replaces X.500) | Class Listserv Request Form
• Computing Assistance (ITCS) | SSH File Transfer | IT Security Page
• CTools course/projects sites
• Course Listings: LS&A Course Guide | Economics Fall 2006 | MBA Bulletin | Advice Online
• E-mail: Mail.Umich (Access U of M e-mail) | Directory (Set vacation, etc., "User directory You")
• ITD Dial-In | U.S. Numbers | International Numbers
• Library Resources | Reserve Service | 7-Fast UM library delivery service | Electronic Journals and Newspapers
• M Stores
• Resources: Search Tools | UM IT Resources
• Resources for Instructors (From School of Nursing, help in using CourseTools, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Software: ITCS / LSA
• Textbook Reporting Service
• Time Schedule | Summer Econ | Fall Econ | Winter Econ | Fall Ford | Winter Ford | Exam Schedule
• Travel Information and Registration
• UM-Lessons (formerly Web Framework)
• VirusBusters
• Wolverine Access (including class lists, paystubs, etc.)

Weather

• Ann Arbor Forecast
• The Weather Channel
• Wunderground Weather Underground, includes local forecasts, pictures, etc.
• National Hurricane Center
• Space Weather

Whimsy

• 20Q.net the neural net on the internet
• Alice (a chatterbot)
• Billboards
• Chinese Watermelon Sculpture
• Chris Bliss Finale wonderful juggler!
• Dead Grandmother Syndrome
• Dumb Laws
• Economist Jokes: JokEc | Merton | ahajokes.com | jokes.net
• Escher
• Face the President
• George " Dubya" does Leno Interview
• Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
• How Well Do You Know Me? (Take my quiz on QuizYourFriends.com.)
• Honda Ad
• I'll Be Watching You Wonderful Bernanke parody from Columbia B-School, 2006
• Killfrog
• Le petit bonhomme en mousse
• Leader of the Free World
• Magic Camera
• Mankiw's Ten Principles
• Metric Conversions
• Mount Deardorff
• Mouse Tracker
• Museum of Bad Art
• News of the Weird
• The Onion
• Optical Illusions: Google images | Michael Bach | Liquid Generation | Sandlot Science | Akiyoshi's
• PhD Comics
• Rodney and Cathy's Joke List
• Sushi
• Sounds
• This Land (Bush and Kerry)
• Toilet Seat Problem (A Game Theoretic Approach)
• Vocabulary Quiz (Provides free rice to the poor)
• What Breed of Dog Are You?
• Worship My Radiant iPod

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